Bridges over the Brisbane River

The Brisbane River running through Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, is crossed by 13 major bridges, from the Gateway downsteam to the Centenary upsteam. The river meanders through an urban area that comprises 1.8 million people.

#	Name	Usage	Description	Photo
1	Gateway	vehicles	Opened January 1986. Concrete box girder design. 260 metre (853 ft) main span.	Gateway Bridge
2	Story	vehicles & pedestrians	Opened July 1940. Steel truss design. 777 metres (2,549 ft) long with a 282 metre (925 ft) main span.	Story Bridge
3	Captain Cook	vehicles	Opened 1972. Concrete box girder design. 555 metres (1,821 ft) long with 183 metre (600 ft) main span.	File:CaptainCookBridge.jpg Captain Cook Bridge
4	Goodwill	pedestrians & cyclists	Opened October 2001. 450 metres (1,476 ft) long with 102 metre (335 ft) main span.	Goodwill Bridge
5	Victoria	vehicles & pedestrians	Opened 1969. Replaced its namesake. 146.3 metre (480 ft) main span.	File:VictoriaBridge.jpg Victoria Bridge
6	William Jolly — also known as the Grey Street Bridge	vehicles & pedestrians	Opened March 1932. Concrete arch design. 498 metres (1,634 ft) long with a 73 metre (240 ft) main span.	William Jolly Bridge
7	Merivale	rail	Opened November 1978. Tied steel arch design. Main span 132 metre (433 ft).	Merivale Bridge
8	Eleanor Schonell — formerly known as the Green Bridge.	buses, cyclists & pedestrians	Opened December 2006. Cable-stayed design. 390 metres (1,280 ft) long.	Eleanor Schonell Bridge
9	Jack Pesch	pedestrians	Opened October 1998. Steel cable-stay design.	File:JackPeschBridge.jpg Jack Pesch Bridge
10	Albert	rail	Opened 1895. Steel truss design. Replaced its namesake. 208 metres (682 feet) long with two spans each 103.7 metres (340 feet).	File:AlbertBridge.jpg Albert Bridge
11	Unnamed railway bridge	rail
12	Walter Taylor	vehicles & pedestrians	Opened February 1936. Suspension design. Main span 182.9 metres (600 ft). The bridge's towers are occupied.	File:WalterTaylorBridge.jpg Walter Taylor Bridge
13	Centenary	vehicles & pedestrians	Concrete girder	File:CentenaryBridge.jpg Centenary Bridge

Future bridges

• Duplication of the Gateway Bridge is underway. The exact copy of the existing bridge will be completed by 2011.

• A toll bridge at Hale Street is to be built west of the Merivale Bridge, and will alleviate traffic traveling through the CBD by diverting motorists headed for inner south Brisbane away from the CBD. Intended, these motorists can avoid the CBD completely by following the Inner City Bypass

• In 2007 the Smart State Council announced plans for a series of new green mode bridges for Brisbane. The Tank Street Bridge is already funded and the Goodwill Bridge and Eleanor Schonell Bridge are already constructed. New bridges include a connection from Margaret Street near the Stock Exchange in the City to Thornton Street, Kangaroo Point. From Cairns Street Kangaroo Point a new bridge will connect to the end of the floating riverwalk at Merthyr Road, New Farm. And from Merthyr Road, Teneriffe a new bridge will connect to Hardcaste Park, Hawthorne (near Lindsay Street). These new bridges will create a green mode corridor over 5 green bridges from Morningside, through Hawthorne, Teneriffe, New Farm, Kangaroo Point, City, North Bank, South Bank, Dutton Park and Boggo Road to the University of Queensland.

Map

Map of Bridges in Brisbane across the Brisbane River
Legend

  Brisbane River and Moreton Bay

  Road bridges

  Rail bridges

  Pedestrian only bridges

  Bus and pedestrian only bridges

Cross river tunnels

Currently, no tunnels cross the Brisbane River, although the North-South Bypass Tunnel will be constructed in the near future.

External links

• Historical Brisbane River Map - shows the positions of Brisbane bridges on the river